μηλωτρίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Ultimately from μήλη (mḗlē, “probe”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mɛː.lɔː.trís/ → /mi.loˈtris/ → /mi.loˈtris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mɛː.lɔː.trís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /me̝.loˈtris/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /mi.loˈtris/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /mi.loˈtris/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mi.loˈtris/

Noun

μηλωτρῐ́ς • (mēlōtrĭ́s) f (genitive μηλωτρῐ́δος); third declension

1. instrument for probing, especially for cleaning the ears

Declension

Third declension of ἡ μηλωτρῐ́ς; τῆς μηλωτρῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μηλωτρῐ́ς hē mēlōtrĭ́s	τὼ μηλωτρῐ́δε tṑ mēlōtrĭ́de	αἱ μηλωτρῐ́δες hai mēlōtrĭ́des
Genitive	τῆς μηλωτρῐ́δος tês mēlōtrĭ́dos	τοῖν μηλωτρῐ́δοιν toîn mēlōtrĭ́doin	τῶν μηλωτρῐ́δων tôn mēlōtrĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ μηλωτρῐ́δῐ têi mēlōtrĭ́dĭ	τοῖν μηλωτρῐ́δοιν toîn mēlōtrĭ́doin	ταῖς μηλωτρῐ́σῐ / μηλωτρῐ́σῐν taîs mēlōtrĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν μηλωτρῐ́δᾰ tḕn mēlōtrĭ́dă	τὼ μηλωτρῐ́δε tṑ mēlōtrĭ́de	τᾱ̀ς μηλωτρῐ́δᾰς tā̀s mēlōtrĭ́dăs
Vocative	μηλωτρῐ́ς mēlōtrĭ́s	μηλωτρῐ́δε mēlōtrĭ́de	μηλωτρῐ́δες mēlōtrĭ́des
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Derived terms

• μηλωτρίδιον (mēlōtrídion)

Descendants

• → Latin: mēlōtris

Further reading

• “μηλωτρίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• μηλωτρίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette